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X-ray vision in the warehouse: ThruWave raises $6.4M to help online retailers see through packages

GeekWire

Fortune 100 customers in retail and e-commerce warehouses are using the company’s hardware and software, which was first developed at the University of Washington. ThruWave is also working with In-Q-Tel, a nonprofit investor for U.S. government agencies, to use its packing screening technology for national security applications.

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Virginia Announces Research Commercialization Awards

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In order to compete with other states and globally, we must focus on early stage economic development. Axon Ghost Sentinel (Harrisonburg), Internet-of-Things Security , Mr. Michael Markulec, $50,000, Cybersecurity. Fairfax), Connected Vehicle Validation and Security , Mr. Manuel Villar, $50,000, Cybersecurity. CyberRock Inc.

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Leaked internal memo reveals Amazon’s anti-union strategies

Vox

Amazon’s employee relations team was developing a separate “internally-facing strategy,” the memo said. As a business that delivers to neighborhoods across America, we work hard to strengthen our connections in the communities we serve,” Amazon spokesperson Paul Flaningan said in a statement. The friend of my enemy is my … friend?

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Expanding the AWS Cloud: Introducing the AWS Canada (Central) Region

All Things Distributed

Given this, enterprises, public sector bodies, startups, and small businesses are looking to adopt agile, scalable, and secure public cloud solutions. The new Canada (Central) Region offers a robust suite of infrastructure, management, and developer services that can enable innovators to deploy market-leading applications.

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Why more Americans than ever are starting their own businesses 

Vox

While data on true business formations is available only through 2019 , growth in ID number applications is closely related to actual business formations. The rise of new small businesses also has the potential not only to change work for the owners themselves, but for the many more Americans working for someone else.

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Remote workers are starting new businesses behind their bosses’ backs

Vox

Her full-time job involves helping dentists in California, but her new business, Blurred Bylines , focuses on small firms and nonprofits in Michigan, where she lives and works remotely. Last year, more Americans than ever started their own businesses, and 2022 is projected to set another record. How the other side feels.

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REI looks to sell brand new Seattle-area HQ as pandemic forces retailer to rethink remote work

GeekWire

Facebook has leased more than 500,000 square feet in the Spring District, a new development with 3 million square feet of office space. We have important work to do in this space and this sale would provide financial security to help accelerate those efforts. We are also working to secure a satellite location in the south Puget Sound.

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